Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Eldred Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 80 jobs in Eldred Township for 481 working residents. For jobs and income Eldred Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (C). Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Eldred Township in brief
Eldred Township is a place people come home to
There are 80 jobs based in Eldred Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Eldred Township has about 840 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Eldred Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 481 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Eldred Township’s grade
Household income holds Eldred Township’s grade up ($80,290, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.9%) is left out: Eldred Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Eldred Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
In and out of Eldred Township on a workday
On a workday 477 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Eldred Township on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How long Eldred Township spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eldred Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 627 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
12% of working residents work in Brookville
Where Eldred Township clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A place that makes things: 46% of Eldred Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eldred Township, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 80. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eldred Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Eldred Township
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Eldred Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 638 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.8% of Eldred Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eldred Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Eldred Township ranks: 2,469th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 9 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,467 | Center Township KS | 1,057 | $67K | 8.4% | 2.0% | 4% | C |
| 2,468 | Mercer Township PA | 1,002 | $71K | 11.2% | 1.7% | 1% | C |
| 2,469 | Eldred Township PA | 1,239 | $80K | 10.5% | 7.9% | 1% | C |
| 2,470 | Lemonweir WI | 1,645 | $76K | 11.3% | 3.1% | 3% | C |
| 2,471 | New Market AL | 1,314 | $63K | 10.1% | 2.3% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Eldred Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Eldred Township
The biggest share goes to Pine Creek Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eldred Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eldred Township | – | C | C | 24 min | $80,290 |
| Union Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Pine Creek Township | 4% | C | B− | 21 min | $67,500 |
| Millcreek Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Rose Township | under 3% | C | C | 18 min | $70,673 |
| Barnett Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Heath Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Union Township, Millcreek Township, Barnett Township and Heath Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eldred Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Eldred Township: questions
What is the median household income in Eldred Township?
$80,290 (±$7,838) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eldred Township?
10.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eldred Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eldred Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookville (12%, 6 mi), Sandy Township (9%, 22 mi), DuBois (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eldred Township walkable?
Eldred Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eldred Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eldred Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eldred Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.